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WilliamKleiniscultfigureinphotographyandfilm,andalthoughlongnotedasapainter,hisearlyworkhasremainedlargelyunseenforoversixtyyears.ThisbookpresentsaselectionofextremelyrareKleinpaintingsfromthelate1940sandearly1950s.Italsoincludesprojectsformurals,someofwhichexecutedonamonumentalscaleforthefirsttime,Lettristworks,fashionphotographsandPrintedContacts.Theshowalsomapsadecisivemomentintheartistsdevelopment:in1952,whilephotographinghispaintedTurningPanelscommissionedbyarchitectAngeloMangiarotti,Kleincapturedtheblurofobjectsinmovement.Theincidentsettheartistoffonaseriesofexperimentsinthedarkroom,inwhichhedevelopedtheblueprintofhisphotographicabstraction.Givinganewperspectiveonhisentirecareer,thisbookclearlyportraysthefoundationsofKleinsuniquevisuallanguageashistrajectoryistracedthroughpainting,architecture,photography,booksandfilm.
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WilliamKleinborninNewYork,NewYork,USA,onApril19,1928isaphotographerandfilmmakernotedtoforhisironicapproachtobothmediaandhisextensiveuseofunusualphotographictechniquesinthecontextofphotojournalismandfashionphotography.Hewasranked25thonProfessionalPhotographer''sTop100Mostinfluentialphotographers.
Trainedasapainter,KleinstudiedunderFernandLégerandfoundearlysuccesswithexhibitionsofhiswork.However,hesoonmovedontophotographyandachievedwidespreadfameasafashionphotographerforVogueandforhisphotoessaysonvariouscities.Despitehavingnotrainingasaphotographer,KleinwonthePrixNadarin1957forNewYork,abookofphotographstakenduringabriefreturntohishometownin1954.Klein''sworkwasconsideredrevolutionaryforits"ambivalentandironicapproachtotheworldoffashion",its"uncompromisingrejectionofthethenprevailingrulesofphotography"andforhisextensiveuseofwide-angleandtelephotolenses,naturallightingandmotionblur.KleintendstobecitedinphotographybooksalongwithRobertFrankasamongthefathersofstreetphotography,oneofthosemixedcomplimentsthatclassifiesamanwhoishardtoclassify.TheworldoffashionwouldbecomethesubjectforKlein''sfirstfeaturefilm,WhoAreYou,PollyMaggoo?,which,likehisothertwofictionfeatures,Mr.FreedomandTheModelCouple,isasatire.
Kleinhasdirectednumerousshortandfeature-lengthdocumentariesandhasproducedover250televisioncommercials.
ThoughAmericanbybirth,KleinhaslivedandworkedinFrancesincehislateteens.HisworkhassometimesbeenopenlycriticalofAmericansocietyandforeignpolicy;thefilmcriticJonathanRosenbaumoncewrotethatKlein''s1968satireMr.Freedomwas"conceivablythemostanti-Americanmovieevermade."
DavidCampanyisawriter,curatorandReaderinPhotographyattheUniversityofWestminster,London.HisbooksincludeArtandPhotographyPhaidon2003,PhotographyandCinemaReaktion2008,ANONYMES:l’amériquesandnom-photographiesetcinemaSteidlLeBal,2010andJeffWall:PictureforWomenAfterall,MIT2011.Hisessayshaveappearedinnumerousbooks.HewritesforAperture,Frieze,Photoworks,Source,TheOxfordArtJournal,andPAmagazine.
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